Clwb Pêl-droed Y Felinheli () is a Welsh

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team based in the village of

Y Felinheli Y Felinheli (), formerly known in English as Port Dinorwic, is a village and community beside the Menai Strait ( or ''Afon Menai'') between Bangor and Caernarfon in Gwynedd, northwest Wales. History Toponymy Etymologically, its name comes f ...

(formerly known in English as Port Dinorwic),

Gwynedd Gwynedd () is a county in the north-west of Wales. It borders Anglesey across the Menai Strait to the north, Conwy, Denbighshire, and Powys to the east, Ceredigion over the Dyfi estuary to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west. The ci ...

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. They play in the .

History

The current club was founded on 3 July 1977 as Portdinorwic Football Club, but there is evidence of teams in the village in 1890s, 1920s and 1930s. A club called Port Dinorwic won the

Caernarfon & District League The Caernarfon & District League was a football league covering the Caernarfon and surrounding areas in North Wales. League history The league was a renamed version of the Bangor & District League that had run between 1930 and 1937 and again aft ...

's Alves Cup in 1945–46. A team called Portdinorwic Football Club also played in the Caernarfon & District League for two seasons in the 1960s and used the same ground as the current club. On 14 October 2023, Y Felinheli played in the second round of the

Welsh Cup The FAW Welsh Cup (), currently known as the JD Welsh Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a knock-out football competition contested annually by teams in the Welsh football league system. It is considered the most prestigious of the cup competitions ...

, losing 6–0 to Newtown.

Honours

Welsh Alliance League The Welsh Alliance Football League (formerly the ''Lock Stock Welsh Alliance Football League'', for sponsorship reasons) was a football league formed in 1984, and discontinued in 2020 following the reorganisation of the Welsh football pyramid for ...

– Runners-up: 1991–92 *

Division Two – Champions: 2019–20 *

Gwynedd League The Gwynedd Football League was a association football, football league at the fifth level of the Welsh football league system in north-west Wales. The league folded in 2020 due to a reorganisation of the Welsh football league pyramid, with many ...

– Champions: 1983–84; 2000–01; 2015–16 *

– Champions: 1981–82; 1982–83; 2013–14 *North Wales Coast Challenge Cup – Winners: 1987–88 *North Wales Coast Challenge Cup – Runners-up: 1988–89; 1989–90 *

Alves Cup – Winners: 1991–92 * North Wales Coast FA Junior Challenge Cup – Winners: 2012–13; 2013–14 *Llun Mewn Ffram – Winners: 2013–14 *

Cup – Winners: 2015–16

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Felinheli Football clubs in Wales Gwynedd League clubs Welsh Alliance League clubs 1977 establishments in Wales Sport in Gwynedd Association football clubs established in 1977 Ardal Leagues clubs Caernarfon & District League clubs